Austrian Stuffed Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (4 -5 lb) roasting chickens
• 3 dinner rolls or 5 slices bread
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, room temperature
• 1 egg
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 cup chicken broth

Recipe

• 1 wash chicken inside and out and pat dry.
• 2 cut rolls or bread into small pieces and pour milk over them. set aside for 5 minutes.
• 3 cream the 1/2 cup butter. add the egg, egg yolks, parsley, thyme and nutmeg, mix well. combine butter mixture with bread mixture, mixing well.
• 4 season chicken inside and out with salt and pepper. stuff chicken with bread mixture. loosen skin of the breast with fingers and insert 1 tbs. of butter on each breast, under the skin. truss chicken.
• 5 place chicken in roasting pay. pour in chicken broth.
• 6 bake at 350°f for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until cooked through, basting occasionally with broth. add more water or broth as necessary.
• 7 remove from oven and let rest for 10 minutes before carving. remove stuffing, carve and serve.